Punjab minister advocates joint family system

Punjab Women & Child Development and Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani today advocated joint family concept as against the nuclear families for a healthy and well conceived socio-cultural fabric.
The interaction of the children with elderly members of the family was lacking in modern day families which has caused emotional and social imbalance in our society, he said.
At a national seminar on 'Domestic and Gender based Violence against women' jointly jointly organised Punjab State Women Commission (PSWC) and National Commission for Women, Jayani called upon social, religious and non-government organisations to join hands in eliminating crime against woman from the society.

He said that women should not be treated as an object rather they should be respected and honoured as taught by our saints and seers.
The minister said that complete transformation of male mindset was required so as to give respectable place to women in the society.
He said that time has come that women should understand their inherent powers, strengthen themselves and face the perpetuates of crime and domestic violence in befitting manner.

Earlier PSWC Chairperson, Paramjit Kaur Landran, said that the commission had received more than 266 complaints in January and February out of which 127 have been resolved.

She informed that Commission had also chalked out a special drive to educate women about protection from domestic violence and said that the Commission was in the process of launching a special drive in April to resolve the issues pertaining to women of border areas.
Landran said that the commission would visit the border belt of the state where cases relating to women issues would be examined on the spot besides initiating necessary action.